In the News
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statnews.com: A scrappy upstart in the pain pill business takes on mighty Purdue Pharma
Posted 11/22/2017
CANTON, Mass. — Collegium Pharmaceutical, the scrappy upstart taking on the mighty opioid maker Purdue Pharma, is having a moment.
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nbcphiladelphia.com: Babies Are Being Born Addicted to Opioids More Than Ever. Why Don't We Know Anything About Their Prognosis?
Posted 11/22/2017
In the midst of America's opioid epidemic, the smallest victims of the disease, babies born addicted, are not being counted in real time in Pennsylvania.
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washingtonexaminer.com: DEA puts synthetic opioid fentanyl on par with heroin and meth
Posted 11/22/2017
The Drug Enforcement Administration is cracking down on the use of synthetic opioid fentanyl, which is more potent than heroin.
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usnews.com: White House: Opioid Epidemic Carries $504B Price Tag
Posted 11/21/2017
The president's Council of Economic Advisers on Monday reported opioid abuse is costing the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars.
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roi-nj.com: Christie approves 26 facilities for opioid treatment bed increase
Posted 11/21/2017
As part of Gov. Chris Christie’s fight against opioid abuse, an increase in inpatient psychiatric treatment beds was approved Friday.
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njbiz.com: New Jersey files charges against drug company, former CEO, over opioid crisis
Posted 11/21/2017
The State of New Jersey has filed an amended consumer fraud and false claims complaint against Insys Therapeutics and its founder, billionaire John Kapoor, over charges that the company engaged in an unlawful marketing campaign designed to increase sales of its opioid-based pain killer, Subsys.
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washingtonpost.com: As opioid crisis worsens, a drug used to reverse overdoses can be difficult to access
Posted 11/21/2017
A drug used to reverse opioid overdoses has been hailed for saving thousands of lives nationwide, but some municipalities are having trouble accessing it.
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Nationally Recognized Oral Surgeon, Other Experts Inform Doctors and Dentists on Safer Opioid Prescribing
Posted 11/17/2017
EDISON — As a dentist and oral surgeon who has prescribed opioid painkillers throughout his career, Dr. A. Omar Abubaker certainly has a professional interest in the opioid epidemic that now is claiming an average of 175 American lives every day.
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Physicians Become Better Informed on Opioid Prescribing at Do Not Harm Symposium
Posted 11/15/2017
PHILLIPSBURG — Doctors and physicians left St. Luke’s Warren Hospital on Tuesday night with a better understanding of the opioid epidemic gripping the state and their role in addressing it after hearing from experts at the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey’s (PDFNJ) Do No Harm symposium.
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newsweek.com: WHAT IS KRATOM? FDA CRACKS DOWN ON DEADLY PLANT TOUTED FOR OPIOID WITHDRAWAL
Posted 11/15/2017
Leaves from the kratom tree, which grows in Southeast Asia and is distantly related to coffee plants, have been touted as a potential treatment for opioid withdrawal, among other conditions. However, drugs made from these leaves carry "deadly risks," Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb warned in a statement on Tuesday afternoon.